The Golden State Warriors are struggling without star Steph Curry, and they'll have to endure his absence a bit longer.
The Golden State Warriors aren’t playing their best basketball right now to say the least, allowing back-to-back games to slip from their grasp, most recently in a 130-124 overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. It’s made the absence of star Steph Curry loom quite large as the team has struggled to persist in his absence. It highlights head coach Steve Kerr’s comments about the desire for a shortened season to avoid devastating injuries. While Curry’s isn’t major, it’s persisted a bit longer than perhaps anticipated. The Warriors announced Wednesday that they have ruled out their star guard for another 10 days due to the lingering right knee injury.
That’ll keep Curry out for at least another five-game stretch and has missed Golden State’s last 15 contests with what’s known as “runner’s knee,” or formally, patellofemoral pain syndrome. It’s essentially pain and swelling around the kneecap. And it seems like each time Curry thinks he’s turning a corner, there’s another setback. He has recently advanced to court work which is a major step, and Curry is reportedly quite motivated to try to get back before the Warriors fall out of playoff contention – even the play-in bracket.
Here is the full story from Warriors Roundtable writer Grant Mona on the disappointing skid for Golden State and whether they can endure it without Curry’s return.
Their third straight loss dropped the Warriors to 32-33 on the year, falling below the LA Clippers in the ninth seed and desperately trying to keep that space to have a play-in game against the No. 10 Portland Trail Blazers – a stretch that they hope will be headlined by Curry.